Are you afraid of Irish pork?

A friend from Carlow tells me of trouble in the Irish pork industry involving contaminated pig feed. Now markets across Europe are pulling Irish pork off the shelves. Will Ireland be scared kosher? Are rabbis being sought to intervene in the crisis?

Food scandals happen all the time. I will avoid Irish pork for a while until the problem is solved, just to be sure. Irish companies will hopefully change feed and after some time the problem will be forgotten. It's sad that companies take so little care of what is fed to the animals and of what will be eaten by us in the end.

It seems to be only one company which "did a mistake". The Irish Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food reacted very fast and forceful. All Irish pork will be withdrawn from the market. A piece of ham on a pizza shouldn't be a problem.

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While I wouldn't say 'things like this happen all the time' they do happen - people always get so panicky about it all, and most of that is just fuelled by the media. I'm sure it'll all be sorted out in no time - personally I feel awful for the animals.

And before anyone asks - I'm vegetarian

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